Night Temptation

The ballroom

Zenni POV

Vlad and I walked deeper inside as I gazed and looked around everything, the color theme of this room were gold, white, and black. The walls wallpaper was in gold with a black pattern on it the was little nodes and violins, there were marble posts two were placed up as you walked inside, two more was placed in the middle of the wall and the last two was down in the end where the wall ended. On the right side of the walls, huge mirrors were hung up, I imagine that it is for the purse of when you trained you could look at your composure because that is important when you dance. I looked up at the ceiling it was white and blueish marble, it was mesmerizing like the sky on a summer day I compared it to. The lights were these huge gold and white gold chandeliers placed staggered.

Vlad swung me around so that he and I was face to face “impressive right” he asked “yes very. Almost as it was pulled right out of a movie. Anastasia or Van Helsing” I answered back he started moving to the music in a one-two-three tact I followed letting him have the control “you like movies Zenni” he stated but in a question way “but actually the style is French the early seventeen hundred century” he adds to this statement he led me in waltz eighty dance I was all caught up in dancing with Vlad it swallowed me whole I danced as if I would never stop but my mind zoomed back to the now as I saw a showdown in eye corner. It was Sammy he danced beside us with himself he mimicked us “see me miss Zenni, I’m a good dancer too” he stated I turned and looked at his little dance “indeed my good sir” I giggled to him. Vlad stopped and backed a few steps then bowed to me “thank you for the dance miss Zenni” he said happy and ranked up again, Sammy stopped his dance and come over to me he bowed ever so gracefully “may I have the second dance miss Zenni” he asked with confidence and charm I did curtsy back to him and answered “yes my good sir” he held his hand forward I laid my hand in his, he pulled me into his body in a quick and swift movement and then started dancing the tango with me. I followed his lead and did as he pushed my movements and body to do as Sammy and I was dancing all the others from the diner come inside the ballroom I could hear them and feel their eyes on me, I pined my eyes in the mirror getting a look at them they just stood there looking at Sammy and me Nisha didn’t look too happy about it and it made me feel bad I was supposed to be her date after all. The music stopped and so did mine and Sammy’s tango everybody clapped at us “thank you for the dance, miss Zenni” Sammy said as he bowed to me “you are welcome, and thank you it was fun. You are a very good dancer” I said back to Sammy as I did a curtsy. We walked over to the others joined them.

I placed myself beside Nisha “what have you been up to” I asked her with a teasing and playful voice Nisha took my hand in hers so we braided fingers “wouldn’t you like to know” she played back “I’m sorry that I’m such a bad date” I said while looking her deep in her eyes she leaned closer and kissed me gently and quickly “nonsense you are and have been wonderful, my family really likes you. And that is rare they like a human” she said with a serious tone as she looked over her family. “Nisha, be honest to me. Why am I here” I asked her she looked at me with sorrow “I will tell you tomorrow night okay” she stated I nodded my head. Irina and Louis teamed up and started dancing, Malakai had brought in some of the waiters to dance with and the girls seemed glad they laughed and did as they were instructed to. Malakai danced with a blue eyes and blond-haired tall girl, Sammy had chosen Nikta as his dance partner, Vlad bid a curvy long-haired girl up to dance and Duncan danced with the head waiter I had never guest that he was gay he didn’t fit the image I had of a gay man neither did the head waiter. “Zenni can I have this dance” Nisha bid me up to dance I of course accepted her request at once she seemed happy that I would dance with her. She had the lead and I could feel this was her way of dancing too she was so dominating in dancing I just followed her lead and her movement it was so freeing. We danced for what seemed hours and maybe it was. It was like this dream I was trapped in, both good but also scary. But the difference this time from when I just dreamed this was real life I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

Suddenly the music stopped and so did Nisha and I in one swift movement we stood still she looked at me with the big and luring eyes “thank you for the dance” I quickly said she bowed for me as a gentleman would do “of course miss” she said teasing back to me. We just stood there staring into each other’s eyes when by luck I think Sammy bumped into and I was forced out of this zen zone I had been in he apologized I just slapped him playfully on his chest “nonsense” I laughed he laughed too. “Zenni, please join me” Louis came to me and offered me his arm I took it followed his lead he led us outside to the little gazebo they had outside in their garden “I built this for Nisha when she was young and at that time she was obsessed with Alice in wonderland” he said as he could see how stroked but it I was “amazing Louis you are a good father I’m sure” I said back we walked around in it and then back inside “thank you, you are welcome to roam the house, garden and ground during the day time if you can’t sleep. The gazebo is a great thinking and reading place” he talked on and on till we reached the door and walked inside again where Nikta stood waiting on us. she sent me a little smile I smiled back to her she seemed glad but also scared I could understand that, I mean vampires are scary but also we are told and assured that they are only fiction.

Louis closed the door behind us and walked us closer to Nikta, he then started talking again and told me “Zenni, Nikta will show you to your room for the day so you can rest, there you can sleep, reed or freshen up through the day as we rest. When you wake up Nikta here will see to your every need” he said to me I nod my head “yes sir” I heard Nikta’s voice squeak Louis turned and he faced Nikta “show miss Zenni to the purple room, settle her in for the day so she can rest when she awakes you will be her keeper and you will make sure her every need is for filled” Louis order Nikta she did curtsy “yes sir” she said. I walked over to her and took her hand in mine we walked side by side she led through the house and up the big curvy stairwell there was in front of the mansion we walked up to the first floor she then finely spoke to me in a low and soft voice “so good to see you again Zenni. But what are doing here in this godless house?” I took her hand in mine “Nisha paid me to be her date at this family diner, but the night before I meet her at a nightclub and she paid me for service and spending a night with her” I said back to Nikta, she stopped outside a purple room and unlocked and opened the door up she turned face to face with me “this is you. Please get some sleep and when you wake up I will be here, and we will talk more. Zenni, don’t try to run they will kill me” Nikta said she hugged me I hugged her back “kay Nikta I won’t run. See you later” I said and pulled away from her and walked into the purple room Nikta closed the door slowly “sleep well Zenni” and the close-in and I heard her lock the door. I looked around this funny room if weren’t for this room I would never have known that there exists so many purple things and many different nuances of purple I took my shoes off, walked over to the big doddle bed laid down my very tired and sore body it was so soft but at the same time firm, the pillow was so soft and smelled of grapes as I placed my head on it and inhaled the smell and air, the realization of how tired I really was hit me hard I pulled the duvet over me it felt so soft it wrapped around my body making me relax and even more sleepy. I closed my eyes, giving me over to the darkness again and in no time the darkness came for me. I knew I would fall quick asleep, but before the music from the ballroom played through my head in a loop and all that played in a scene for my eyes was my lovely dance with Nisha and the feeling it gave me, love and feeling loved by someone. A smile formed my lips as I fell into a deep and dreamless sleep, and a feeling of love and peace washed over me over and over what seemed forever.

A hard knock fell hard on the door it pulled me out of that much need sleep I was in, I can’t have slept that long my sleepy brain manage to think. A second knock fell on the door, I opened my eyes up “I’m awake. Nikta is that you” I said with a sleepy but high voice the door unlocked and opened…